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‘AMERICA HATERS’: Republican Slams Democrats For Unwillingness to Criticize Islam Amid New York, Texas Terror Attacks

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media on March 8 in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

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A House Republican cast aspersions at Democrats’ motives for downplaying the threat of radical Islamic terrorism even after recent attacks.

A Senagali immigrant wearing a “Property of Allah” sweatshirt and an undershirt with the Iranian flag shot 16 people at a bar near Austin, Texas, last week, killing three. In New York City on Saturday, two men who authorities believe to have been inspired by ISIS threw homemade explosives at a crowd of “anti-Muslim” protesters.

When asked about her concern about radical Islamic terror attacks, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., told The Daily Signal that she is “concerned about the war in Iran.” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressed the New York City attack with remarks focused on “anti-Muslim bigotry.”

“In his faith, blasphemy of Islam is worthy of death,” Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told The Daily Signal of Mamdani. “That’s what he believes. They’re unwilling to blast people in their own religion, Mamdani agrees with the terrorist. He would tell you they had it coming because they would criticize Islam.”

Instead of calling out the two attackers in his initial social media post, Mamdani took aim at Jake Lang, the social media influencer responsible for organizing the Saturday demonstration.

“Many Democrats have made it clear that their priorities are fighting America,” Fine continued. “These people aren’t America last—they’re America haters.”

“How many Americans are going to have to get Allahu Akbar’d before we do something about it?” he asked.

The Daily Signal reached out to Jayapal and Mamdani for comment on Fine’s remarks, but they did not respond by publication time.

Victoria Coates, a National Security expert at the Heritage Foundation, echoed Fine’s remarks. She told The Daily Signal that Democrats continue to “downplay” the threat of “radical Islamic terrorism because they care more about their woke progressive agenda than about the safety of the American people.”

She criticized Democrats for refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which is experiencing a partial government shutdown.

“In their narrative, the terrorists who are trying to kill us are actually the victims of the systemic racism on the Right,” Coates added. “Their ideology has blinded them to this growing danger, and they won’t even fund DHS to protect Americans from it.”

Previously, Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal that elected officials need to take seriously the threat posed by “radical Islamic terrorists.”

“We’ve got a lot of terrorists in our country,” Self said in response to the Austin shooting.

“We know we have we know they’re here. These guys that get a wild hair, they’re dangerous, and they kill people.”

On Monday, federal agents announced that they intercepted possible messages from the Iranian regime to pro-Iranian rebels who reside in the U.S.

Mamdani’s remarks after the attempted terror attack in New York City and Jayapal’s comments after the Austin shooting were not isolated incidents of Democrats “downplaying” terrorism.

Jayapal joined Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and 49 other Democrats last week in voting against a House resolution to brand Iran a state sponsor of terrorism.

International human rights groups have accused the Iran regime of requiring full body coverings and genital mutilation surgeries on women, carrying out the mass execution of protesters, funding terrorist organizations like Hamas.

The Daily Signal reached out to each of the Democrats who voted against the resolution, and none responded by publication time. They do not appear to have made any public statements or issued press releases explaining their opposition to the resolution.

Congressional Democrats have attacked the new Congressional Sharia Free America Caucus—which has increased its membership from 35 to nearly 50 members since the Austin shooting—as a “cynical political ploy.”

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